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Innovate for Impact Summit: Social Enterprise, Startups and Global Change

The Innovate for Impact Summit is an inspiring one-day forum for budding and existing social entrepreneurs, startup developers, global change makers, designers, international development professionals and students sharing how to design great businesses for positive impact. This year’s theme is: Social Enterprise, Startups and Global Change.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/innovate-for-impact-summit-social-enterprise-startups-and-global-change-tickets-37184466741

With a line-up of international speakers, world-class social entrepreneurs and inspiring impact designers – this event is an engaging day of workshops, discussions and big ideas.

Learn from the successes and failures of existing social enterprises across the Asia Pacific region, from distributing solar lights in slum communities in India to re-invigorating the lost art of sustainable paper making in Vietnam; from innovative education programs in Australia to fair trade livelihoods projects for marginalised women in Nepal.

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Themes and Interest Areas:
> Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship
> High Growth Startups
> Innovative Design for Social Impact
> Sustainability and Business
> Participatory Development Innovation
> Humanitarian Design and Engineering
> Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
> Education for Social Change
> Fair Trade and Livelihood Development

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Program: Friday, 29th September 2017
0800 – 0900 — Registration
0900 – 0930 — Welcome to Country / Summit Opening
0930 – 1015 — Opening Keynote + Lightening Talks
1015 – 1115 — Mix and Mingle – Morning Tea
1115 – 1245 — Parallel Sessions 1
1245 – 1400 — Lunch
1400 – 1515 — Parallel Sessions 2
1515 – 1545 — Afternoon Tea
1545 – 1700 — Parallel Workshops 3
1700 – 1745 — Closing Keynote and Remarks
1800 – onwards — Post-Summit Drinks @ (Location TBA)

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Parallel Session 1
1a – Design for Inclusive User Experience (Speaker: Huy Nguyen, Enabler Interactive, Australia)
1b – The Internal Journey of Entrepreneurship (Speakers: Linh Phạm and Ellie Nguyễn, Knowmads, Vietnam)
1c – Creativity for Change: How to Create a Unique Social Enterprise (Speakers: Nhung Hong, Zo Project, Vietnam/ Koky Saly from Beekeeper Parade)

Parallel Session 2
2a – The Perfect Pitch: How to Nail Creative Communication and Influence for Impact (Speaker: Bri Johnstone, RMIT Activator, Australia)
2b – Scaling Your Impact: From your desktop to world (Speakers: Murli Padmanabhan, Pollinate Energy, India / Anita Kerr Nepali, Seven Women, Nepal)
2c – Financing Your Vision (Speakers to be announced)

Parallel Session 3
3a – Human-centred Design for Impact (Speakers to be announced)
3b – The Sustainable Edge: Designing products that matter (Speaker: Pranathi & Nripal Adhikary, Abari, Nepal)
3c – Enterprising Education: Out of the Lecture Theatre and into the World (Speakers: Ha Nguyen, KHAC, Vietnam / Vibha Joshi, Parellel Voyages, India / Julian O’Shea, Laika Academy, Australia)

PLEASE NOTE: Speakers, schedule and content are subject to change

Read more about the sessions here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/innovate-for-impact-summit-social-enterprise-startups-and-global-change-tickets-37184466741

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Who Should Attend:
> Social Entrepreneurs (existing and budding)
> Designers
> International Development Practitioners
> Fair Trade Professionals
> Livelihood Development Practitioners
> Educators
> Engineers
> Architects
> Innovators
> Makers
> Creative Professionals
> Students
> Community Development Workers
> You!

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What’s Included:
A full day of ideas, global speakers, collaborative discussions and more. Also – amazing catering (morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea). Plus great connections and networking with global leaders in the industry as well as right here from Melbourne.

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What to bring:
> Casual dress code – the venue can get a little cold so please bring warm clothes
> Notebook and pens
> Water bottle
> Your awesome self!

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Tickets:
We have designed this event for inclusion and to do this we have a Pay As You Can pricing model.
Suggested prices are as follows:
• Student / Unwaged: $10 – $100
• Individual / Sole Trader: $50 – $250
• NGO or Social Enterprise: $100 – $300
• Small Business or University: $200 – $500
• Medium Business or Corporate: $400 – $1000
• Government or International Business: $850 – $1500
• Major Supporter: $1000+
Note that these are just suggested amounts, and we don’t want cost to be barrier for anyone attending.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/innovate-for-impact-summit-social-enterprise-startups-and-global-change-tickets-37184466741

This program is coordinated by Laika Academy.

When

29th September 2017 08:00 am
To 29th September 2017 06:00 pm

Where

Drill Hall, Multicultural Hub
26 Therry street
Melbourne 3004